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U.S. Route 68 marker
U.S. Route 68
Map
US 68 highlighted in red
Route information
Length560 mi[citation needed] (900 km)
Existed1926[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
West end US 62 at Reidland, KY
Major intersections
North end I-75 / SR 15 in Findlay, OH
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesKentucky, Ohio
Highway system
← US 67→ US 69

U.S. Route 68 (US 68) is a United States highway that runs for 560 miles (900 km) from northwest Ohio to Western Kentucky. The highway's western terminus is at US 62 in Reidland, Kentucky. Its present northern terminus is at Interstate 75 in Findlay, Ohio, though the route once extended as far north as Toledo. US 68 intersects with US 62 three times during its route.

Route description

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US 68 is signed east–west in Kentucky, while in Ohio it is signed north–south.

Kentucky

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US 68 in Mercer County, Kentucky
The Beginning of US 68 at an intersection with US 62 near Paducah, KY

U.S. Route 68 is designated as a "Scenic Highway" throughout Kentucky. US 68 passes near or through Reidland, Aurora, Cadiz, Hopkinsville, Elkton, Russellville, Auburn, Bowling Green, Glasgow, Edmonton, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Lebanon, Perryville, Harrodsburg, Lexington, Paris, and Maysville.

The majority of the route winds through forested, hilly terrain. US 68 is Broadway through downtown Lexington, and it is Harrodsburg Road before it leaves Lexington.

The route passes several Civil War battle sites. The Jefferson Davis State Historic Site is located along the highway, approximately 9 miles (14 km) east of Hopkinsville at the small town of Fairview. The Battle of Tebbs Bend Historic Civil War Site is located near Campbellsville and the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site is outside Perryville.

There is an annual 400-mile (640 km) yard sale, held along the highway for four days in early summer.[1]

The sections of the highway through Campbellsville and Lebanon are slated for expansion to begin in 2008. The long-term goal is to widen and make safer the entire US 68 corridor through Kentucky as part of the Heartland Parkway project.[2][3]

Sections in Kentucky have been improved in recent years. The Paris Pike was completed in 2003. Work is currently in progress to make US 68 four lanes through Land Between the Lakes. This was accelerated, following a devastating collision of the cargo vessel MV Delta Mariner with Eggner Ferry Bridge in January 2012.[needs update?]

Ohio

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Highest point on US 68 at the US 33 interchange in Bellefontaine, Ohio

US 68 takes a south–north route throughout Ohio, roughly paralleling Interstate 75 but covering counties one tier to the east of those counties covered by I-75. US 68 begins at the William H. Harsha Bridge over the Ohio River and is immediately concurrent with US 52 and US 62 for 5.6 miles (9.0 km) while traveling on the north bank of the river. US 52 leaves the concurrency at Ripley, at which point US 68 and US 62 head north for 5.3 miles (8.5 km) as a generally rural two-lane highway. In Brown County's Jefferson Township, near Redoak, US 62 leaves the concurrency. Afterward, US 68 passes through or bypasses communities such as Georgetown, Mount Orab, Fayetteville, Wilmington, Xenia, and Yellow Springs. Shortly before reaching Interstate 70, it becomes a four-lane expressway, bypassing Springfield before transitioning back to a rural two-lane road as it approaches Urbana. As it continues north, US 68 passes through West Liberty, Bellefontaine, Kenton, Dunkirk, and Arlington on its way north to its terminus at an interchange with Interstate 75 outside Findlay.

Near Redoak in Brown County, the designation "Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Historical Corridor"[4] leaves the US 62/US 68 concurrency and joins US 68 solely at the routes' junction. The designation is in honor of Young, a pioneering figure in US history, and at his death, the highest-ranking Black officer in the Regular Army. The memorial historical corridor stretches northward to Xenia, where it leaves US 68 and joins US 42 at the junction of those routes.[5][6][7][8]

In total, US 68 traverses 179.1 miles within Ohio.

History

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Original route in central Kentucky

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From 1926 until the late 1940s, in terms of the routing between Bowling Green and Perryville, US 68's concurrency with US 31W went further northeast through southeastern Edmonson and northwestern Barren counties to Horse Cave, in Hart County. US 68 then followed the present-day Kentucky Route 218 (Charlie Moran Highway) to the US 31E junction at Wigwam, and then joined US 31E northward through LaRue and Nelson counties to Bardstown, where it joined US 150 for a concurrency that lasted through Washington County until it went solo in Perryville.[9][10] US 68 moved to its current routing between Bowling Green and Perryville (except for the later rerouting onto Glasgow's Veterans Outer Loop) around 1948–49.

Original alignment in northwestern Ohio

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US 68 previously ran to Toledo, Ohio, terminating at the west approach to the Anthony Wayne Bridge south of downtown, but the Toledo-Findlay segment was decommissioned in the 1950s.[11] It also passed through Springfield, Ohio prior to its realignment onto a four-lane bypass of that city.

Widening project in western Kentucky (1990s)

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For much of the 1990s, much of the US 68/KY 80 corridor from the I-24 junction near Cadiz to the Natcher Parkway (now I-165) junction in Bowling Green was under construction for a regional construction project to widen the corridor to four lanes, with several alignments remaining intact, especially around small towns such as Fairview and Auburn. The project included bypass routes in Hopkinsville and Russellville.[12][13][14]

Eggner Ferry Bridge incident (2012)

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Two spans of the US 68/KY 80 Eggner Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship on January 26, 2012.[15] The bridge reopened to traffic on May 25, 2012.[16] That bridge was replaced by a new four-lane bridge a few years afterwards.

Future

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In Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, there is an almost full-access interchange between controlled-access US 68 and US 40/SR 4, which is itself a controlled-access highway until approximately 0.3-mile west of the US 68 interchange. One exit ramp from US 68 ends on Upper Valley Pike, rather than on US 40/SR 4; another entrance ramp includes two-way traffic and an at-grade entrance to a retirement community. On US 40/SR 4 between the controlled-access portion and US 68, there are an at-grade intersection at Upper Valley Pike, other street and driveway breaks in access control and a steep grade on the eastbound approach toward Upper Valley Pike. In September 2013, the Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee (TCC) ranked the US 40/SR 4/Upper Valley Pike intersection as the most hazardous in the county, based on 2010-2012 crash data.[17][18] Because the road design over the years had played a significant factor in the high number of crashes in the area, the TCC conducted a study; in February 2006 it recommended reconfiguring the US 68 interchange and altering nearby traffic patterns. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) the same year approved $5 million to fund the project. However, the TCC soon rejected ODOT's money, concluding that even its recommended fix would not be enough to solve the area road network's underlying problems.[17][19] Instead, the TCC is making small changes, such as improving traffic signal timing and adding signs. ODOT, for its part, is working on reducing the number of driveways near the US 40/SR 4/Upper Valley Pike intersection and on upgrading traffic signals.[17]

In Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, north of Xenia, ODOT plans to convert the intersection with SR 235, the state route's southern terminus, to a roundabout. As of summer 2020, construction was expected to begin in spring 2023 and to be completed that fall, with an estimated cost of $2 million.[20] Site preparations did not begin until early June 2024, and it was announced that construction would begin on July 16, at a cost of $2.29 million, to be completed by the fall.[21]

On December 7, 2023, ODOT announced that it would provide a $2.6 million grant to construct a single-lane roundabout at Fairfield Pike in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, on the border with Springfield, in 2028.[22]

Major intersections

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StateCountyLocationmi[23][24]kmDestinationsNotes
KentuckyMcCrackenReidland0.0000.000 US 62 – Paducah, Kentucky DamWestern terminus
​0.882–
1.095		1.419–
1.762		 I-24 – St. Louis, NashvilleI-24 Exit 16
​1.3422.160
 KY 284 west (Benton Road) – Reidland, Symsonia		Eastern terminus of KY 284
​2.1773.504 KY 787 (Rosebower Church Road)
MarshallSharpe3.8416.181
 KY 1042 north (Sharpe School Road) / Sharpe-Elva Road		Southern terminus of KY 1042
4.2736.877
 KY 795 south (Scale Road)		Western end of KY 795 concurrency
4.3577.012
 KY 795 north (Scale Road) / Brien Cutoff Road		Eastern end of KY 795 concurrency
​6.0059.664
 KY 1610 north (Mt. Moriah Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1610
​6.50210.464
 KY 1396 south (Georgia Clark Road South)		Northern terminus of KY 1396
​7.61312.252
 KY 1712 south (Griggstown Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1712
​7.84212.620
 KY 1413 north (Patterson Ferry Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1413
Palma9.15214.729
 KY 3456 north (Needmore Road)		Southern terminus of KY 3456
​9.56315.390
 KY 1422 east (Palma Road)		Western terminus of KY 1422
​10.46216.837
 KY 95 north		Southern terminus of KY 95
​11.41318.367
 KY 782 west		Eastern terminus of KY 782
​12.061–
12.163		19.410–
19.574		 I-69 – Mayfield, Calvert CityI-69 (Former Pennyrile Parkway) exit 47
Draffenville12.33919.858
 US 641 north – Land Between the Lakes Northern Entrance, Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park		Western end of US 641 concurrency
12.75520.527
 US 641 south – Benton, Murray		Eastern end of US 641 concurrency; provides access to Marshall County Hospital in Benton
Briensburg14.50923.350
 KY 58 west (Briensburg Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 58
​16.11525.935Moors Camp HighwayFormer KY 953
​16.62726.759
 KY 1462 west (Benton-Birmingham Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1462
​16.67726.839Big Bear HighwayFormer KY 68 east
​19.42031.253
 KY 408 west (Eggners Ferry Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 408
​20.64433.223Barge Island Road – Girl Scout Camp, Camp Kum-Ba-Ya, Camp CurrieFormer KY 962 north
Fairdealing20.68133.283
 KY 962 south (Old Olive Road)		Northern terminus of KY 962
​21.46934.551
 KY 1364 south (Olive Creek Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1364
​21.91735.272
 KY 1484 north		Southern terminus of KY 1484
Aurora28.49045.850
 KY 402 west (Aurora Highway) – Mayfield		Eastern terminus of KY 402
29.91048.135
 KY 80 west / Bayview Road – Kenlake Lodge and Marina, Murray		Western end of KY 80 concurrency
Kentucky Lake30.118–
31.183		48.470–
50.184		Eggner's Ferry Bridge
TriggLand Between the Lakes33.37253.707The Trace – Grand Rivers, KY, Dover, TNInterchange
​39.491–
39.851		63.555–
64.134		Lake Barkley Bridge
Canton40.50765.190
 KY 164 south (Linton Road) – Devil's Hill launching ramp, Calhoun Hill launching ramp		Northern terminus of KY 164
​40.50765.190
 KY 1489 east (State Park Road)		Western terminus of KY 1489; Lake Barkley State Park Airport near eastern end of 1489
​43.21369.545
 KY 3568 east (Canton Road)		Western terminus of KY 3568; former alignment of US 68
​45.57873.351


 KY 272 east (Old Canton Road) to KY 1062 south (Maple Grove Road)		Western terminus of KY 272
​46.01674.056
 KY 1489 west (Blue Spring Road) – Lake Barkley State Resort Park		Eastern terminus of KY 1489; access to Lake Barkley State Park Airport
​46.88575.454
 KY 3568 west (Old Canton Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 3568; former alignment of US 68
​47.12875.845

 US 68 Bus. east (Canton Road) – Cadiz		Western terminus of Cadiz business route
​47.61476.627 KY 1175 (Old Dover Road) – Cadiz
​49.12979.065 KY 139 (South Road) – Cadiz
Cadiz51.49982.880

 US 68 Bus. west (Main Street) – Cadiz Business District		Eastern end of Cadiz business route; access to Trigg County Hospital
51.71983.234
 KY 3468 east (Hopkinsville Road)		Western terminus of KY 3468; former alignment of US 68
54.50987.724
 KY 3468 west (Hopkinsville Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 3468
54.74488.102

 KY 1585 south (North Montgomery Road) / KY 276 west (Rocky Ridge Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1585;eastern terminus of KY 276
​55.083–
55.217		88.647–
88.863		 I-24 – Nashville, PaducahI-24 exit 65
​55.77989.768
 KY 958 north (Barefield Road)		Southern terminus of KY 958
​58.52994.193
 KY 128 north (Wallonia Road) – Cerulean		Southern terminus of KY 128
​58.76694.575
 KY 3186 east (Tobacco Road) – Gracey		Western terminus of KY 3186
ChristianGracey59.61095.933 KY 1026 (Gracey-Sinking Spring Road)
​60.27196.997
 KY 3186 west (Lester Road) – Gracey		Eastern terminus of KY 3186
​61.82399.494
 KY 1349 north (Quisenberry Lane)		Southern terminus of KY 1349
Hopkinsville66.008106.230





 US 68 Byp. east / US 68 Truck east / KY 1682 east (Eagle Way) to Pennyrile Parkway		Western terminus of Hopkinsville bypass/truck routes and KY 1682
1682 to the north, 68 Bypass/truck to the south; parkway via 1682, hospital via 68 Bypass
67.981109.405
 KY 91 north (Princeton Road) – Princeton, Fredonia		Southern terminus of KY 91
68.293109.907
 KY 109 north (Dawson Springs Road) – Pennyrile Forest State Park		Western end of KY 109 concurrency
69.008111.058 KY 1007 (North Drive) – Community College, MSU Breathitt Veterinary Center
69.737112.231

 US 41 south / KY 107 south (South Main Street)		Western end of US 41 concurrency; southern terminus of one-way south section of US 41; 107 to the south, 41 comes in from the north
69.801112.334

 US 41 north / KY 107 north (South Virginia Street)		West end of KY 107 overlap; 107 enters from the south; 41 north to the north, 41 south continues concurrent with 68
69.860112.429
 KY 2544 south (South Liberty Street)		Southern terminus of one-way section of KY 2544; former alignment of US 41 south
69.920112.525
 KY 2544 north (South Clay Street)		Southern terminus of KY 2544; former alignment of US 41 south
70.040112.718
 KY 107 north (South Campbell Street)		Eastern end of KY 107 concurrency
70.125112.855

 US 41 Alt. south (South Walnut Street)		Northern terminus of KY/TN US 41 Alternate route
70.330113.185

 US 41 south / KY 109 south (East 9th Street) – Pembroke		Eastern end of US 41/KY 109 concurrency
70.634–
70.786		113.674–
113.919
 Pennyrile Parkway to I-69 – Ft. Campbell, Madisonville		Pennyrile Parkway exit 9; future I-169
71.585115.205
 KY 1979 west (East 7th Street)		Eastern terminus of KY 1979
71.647115.305Airport Road – Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport
73.520118.319

 US 68 Byp. west (Dr Martin Luther King Jr Way)		Eastern terminus of Hopkinsville bypass route
​75.052120.784
 KY 1716 north (Overby Lane)		Southern terminus of KY 1716
​77.744125.117
 KY 1027 west (Rosetown Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1027
​79.142127.367

 US 68 Alt. east (Jefferson Davis Road) – Fairview		Western terminus of US 68 alternate route
​79.884128.561 KY 1843 (Vaughns Grove-Fairview Road) – Fairview
​80.436129.449Britmart Road – Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic SiteFormer KY 1081
Todd​81.201130.680

 US 68 Alt. west (Jefferson Davis Road) – Fairview		Eastern terminus of US 68 alternate route
Tress Shop85.228137.161
 KY 475 south (Tress Shop Road)		Northern terminus of KY 475
Elkton86.470139.160

 US 68 Bus. east / North David Hightower – Elkton		Western terminus of Elkton business route
89.234143.608 KY 181 (Greenville Road) – Elkton Historic District, Birthplace of Robert Penn Warren, Lake Malone State Park, Elkton Guthrie AirportLake Malone to the north, everything else to the south
91.419147.125

 US 68 Bus. east / Williams Hill Road – Elkton		Eastern terminus of Elkton business route
​94.433151.975
 KY 1309 east (Old Volney Road) – Daysville		Western terminus of KY 1309
LoganWhippoorwill97.884157.529 KY 1151 (Union Church Road)
Russellville103.323166.282


 US 68 Bus. east (Hopkinsville Road) / US 431 south – Adairsville, Clarksville, TN		Western terminus of Russellville business route; eastern end of US 431 concurrency
103.806167.060 KY 178 (Highland Lick Road)
104.814168.682
 US 431 north / Terry Wilcut Highway – Lewisburg, Central City, Boy Scout Camp, Lake Malone State Park		Eastern end of US 431 concurrency
105.197169.298 KY 3519 (North Main Street / Lewisburg Road)
​107.304172.689 KY 79 (Peyton Street / Morgantown Road)
Russellville109.031175.468


 US 68 Bus. west (Bowling Green Road) / US 79 south (Russellville Bypass) – Franklin, Adairsville, Clarksville		Eastern end of Russellville business route; northern terminus of US 79; Russellville-Logan County Airport to the south via 79
​113.290182.323
 KY 2369 south (Dennis-Corinth Road) / Stevenson Mill Road		Northern terminus of KY 2369
​115.717186.228
 KY 722 west (Duncans Chapel Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 722
Auburn116.508187.501

 US 68 Bus. east (West Main Street) / Matlock Lane – Auburn Business District		Western terminus of Auburn business route
118.173190.181 KY 103 – Auburn Elementary School, Chandlers Chapel
119.513192.338

 US 68 Bus. west (East Main street) – Auburn Business District		Eastern end of Auburn business route
​121.445195.447 KY 73 (South Union Road / Cave Springs Road) – 1869 Shaker Tavern, Historic FranklinMichigan left intersection
​122.694197.457 KY 1466 (Shakertown Road) – South Union Shaker Village
​124.105199.728
 KY 2349 south (Stamps Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2349; road continues as Stamps Road north of intersection
Warren​124.478200.328
 KY 240 east (Petros Road)		Western terminus of KY 240
Rockfield127.460205.127
 KY 242 east (Richpond-Rockfield Road) – Rockfield		Western terminus of KY 242
​129.180207.895
 KY 1083 north / Murphy Road		Northern terminus of KY 1083
Bowling Green131.615211.814
 KY 432 north (Blue Level Road)		Southern terminus of KY 432
132.153–
132.467		212.680–
213.185
 I-165 to I-65 – Kentucky State Police, Owensboro		I-165 Exit 6
133.493214.836



 US 231 south (Campbell Lane) / US 68 Bus. east (Russellville Road) to I-165		Western end of Bowling Green business route; western end of US 231 concurrency; I-165 via 231 south
134.975217.221



 US 231 Bus. south / US 231 north (Morgantown Road) to I-165		Northern terminus of US 231 business; eastern terminus of US 231 concurrency; college via 231 business
135.817218.576 KY 2665 (Glen Lily Road)
136.755220.086
 KY 1435 north (Barren River Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1435
138.621223.089
 KY 185 north		Southern terminus of KY 185; road continues as Gordon Avenue south of intersection
138.930223.586


 US 68 Bus. west (Adams Street) / KY 234 south (East 7th Street) – Western Kentucky University		Eastern end of Bowling Green bus. route; northern terminus of KY 234; WKU Health Services via 234
139.407224.354
 US 31W south (East Riverview Drive) / Riverview Drive – Beech Bend Park		Western end of US 31W concurrency; Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital just east of intersection; Beech Bend via Riverview Drive
140.859226.691
 KY 3225 west (River Street)		Eastern terminus of KY 3225; former alignment of 31W
141.826228.247
 KY 1402 east (Porter Pike)		Western terminus of KY 1402
142.108228.701

 KY 446 east to I-65 – Nashville, Louisville, National Corvette Museum		Interchange
142.822229.850
 KY 957 north (Plum Springs Loop)		Southern terminus of KY 957
145.141233.582
 KY 526 west (Mount Olivet Road) / Scottys Way		Eastern terminus of KY 526
145.642234.388


 US 31W north (Louisville Road) to I-65 north		Eastern end of US 31 concurrency
146.777236.215

 KY 3145 south to I-65 – Nashville, Louisville		Ramp to KY 3145 south and ramp from KY 3145 north
​150.936242.908
 I-65 south – Nashville		Entrance to southbound I-65 and ramp from northbound I-65; I-65 north exit 36
​152.641245.652
 KY 101 (Smiths Grove-Scottsville Road) to I-65		I-65 to the north
​156.969252.617
 KY 259 north		Southern terminus of KY 259
Barren​
 KY 2240 south (Mary Oaks-Ralton Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2240
Bon Ayr161.649260.149 KY 255 (Bon Ayr Road / Park City-Bon Ayr Road)
​165.561266.445
 KY 2189 north (Glasgow Road)		Southern terminus of KY 2189
Glasgow167.727269.930



 KY 3600 west (Veterans Outer Loop) / US 68 Bus. east (New Glasgow Road) to Cumberland Parkway		Eastern terminus of KY 3600; western end of Glasgow business route; Parkway via 3600
169.004271.986

 KY 90 (Happy Valley Road) to I-65 north – Cave City		Glasgow Memorial Airport to the northwest
170.939275.100 US 31E (North Jackson Highway)TJ Samson Community Hospital to the south
173.226278.780



 US 68 Bus. west (Edmonton Road) / KY 1519 south (Veterans Outer Loop) to Cumberland Parkway		Eastern end of Glasgow business route; northern terminus of KY 1519; Parkway via 1519
​173.405279.068
 KY 740 north (Coral Hill Road)		Southern terminus of KY 740
MetcalfeWisdom182.491293.691 KY 640 (Wisdom Road / Knob Lick-Wisdom Road)
​186.216–
186.495		299.686–
300.135		 Cumberland Parkway – Bowling Green, SomersetCumberland Parkway exit 37
Edmonton188.534303.416
 KY 861 west (Randolph Street) – Metcalfe Co. Schools, Metcalfe Co. Board of Education		Eastern terminus of KY 861
189.399304.808
 KY 163 south (South Main Street) / East Stockton Street		Northern terminus of KY 163
189.839305.516
 KY 80 east (North Main Street) – Columbia		Eastern end of KY 80 concurrency
​190.707306.913
 KY 3524 east (Industrial Drive) / Harvey Hunt Road		Western terminus of KY 3524
​190.787–
191.010		307.042–
307.401		 Cumberland Parkway – Somerset, Bowling GreenCumberland Parkway exit 29
​191.172307.662
 KY 1243 north (Knob Lick Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1243
​192.331309.527
 KY 2399 east (A H Boston Road) / Lawrence England Road		Western terminus of KY 2399
​193.840311.955
 KY 544 east (Bridgeport-Keltner Road)		Western terminus of KY 544
​195.503314.632
 KY 543 west (Toby Hill Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 543
​198.672319.732
 KY 70 west (Sulphur Well-Knob Lick Road) – Cave City		Western end of KY 70 concurrency
​199.688321.367
 KY 745 south (Mill Ridge Road)		Northern terminus of KY 745
Green​201.279323.927
 KY 729 north (Little Barren Road)		Southern terminus of KY 729
Exie205.429330.606
 KY 487 north (Mell Road)		Southern terminus of KY 487
​206.952333.057
 KY 218 west – Horse Cave		Eastern terminus of KY 218
​212.740342.372
 KY 61 south (Columbia Highway) – Columbia, Burkesville		Western end of KY 61 concurrency
Greensburg212.994342.781Milby Street – Jane Todd Crawford Memorial Hospital
213.114342.974Industrial RoadFormer KY 2189
213.818–
213.950		344.107–
344.319		Bridge over the Green River
214.208344.734
 KY 417 east (East Columbia Avenue) / West Columbia Avenue		Western terminus of KY 417
215.110346.186

 KY 61 north / KY 3535 south (Industrial Park Drive) – Industrial Park, Health Dept, Hodgenville		Eastern end of KY 61 conncurrency; northern terminus of KY 3535; Industrial park and health dept. via 3535
​217.451349.953
 KY 793 west		Eastern terminus of KY 793
Taylor​219.264352.871
 KY 2764 west (Miller Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 2764; road continues as Miller Road east/south of US 68
​220.513354.881
 KY 883 north (Shiloh Road)		Southern terminus of KY 883
Campbellsville223.209359.220 KY 323 (West Main Street / Friendship Pike)
224.104360.660

 KY 55 south (New Columbia Road) / KY 210 west (Hodgenville Road) – Columbia, Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument, Green River Lake, Hodgenville		Western end of KY 55 concurrency; eastern terminus of KY 210
224.868361.890North Hoskins Avenue – Campbellsville University
224.921361.975
 KY 323 south (South Columbia Avenue)		Northern terminus of KY 323
225.041362.168

 KY 70 east / KY 527 north (North Central Avenue)		Eastern end of KY 70 concurrency; southern terminus of KY 527; 527 to the left, 70 to the right
225.157362.355
 KY 289 north (Lebanon Avenue)		Southern terminus of KY 289; access to Taylor Regional Hospital
225.937363.610
 KY 658 east (Roberts Road) / Cherokee Drive		Western terminus of KY 658
226.638364.739
 KY 1799 south (Airport Road) – Taylor County Airport		Northern terminus of KY 1799
​227.858366.702
 KY 3211 west (Palestine Road) / Rinehart Road		Eastern terminus of KY 3211
​228.764368.160
 KY 1834 east (Sportsman Lake Road) – Spurlington Lake		Western terminus of KY 1834
​231.113371.940
 KY 208 north / KY 744 (Spurlington Road / Newton Lane) – Spurlington, Calvary, Spurlington Lake		Southern terminus of KY 208; 744 goes both ways
Marion​234.915378.059
 KY 412 west / Willard Farm Lane		Western end of KY 412 concurrency
​237.268381.846
 KY 412 east (East Calvary Road)		Eastern end of KY 412 concurrency
​239.410385.293
 KY 289 south		Northern terminus of KY 289
​240.362386.825
 KY 2741 south (McElroy Pike)		Northern terminus of KY 2741
​241.394388.486
 KY 426 west (Miller Pike) / Old KY 68		Eastern terminus of KY 426
​242.129389.669 KY 2154 (Adam Hughes Memorial Highway / Veterans Memorial Highway)
Lebanon243.455391.803
 KY 55 north (West Walnut Street) / Hamilton Heights		Eastern end of KY 55 concurrency; access to Spring View Hospital; 55 also provides access to Lebanon-Springfield Airport
243.961392.617
 KY 49 / KY 52 west (North Proctor Avenue / South Proctor Avenue) – Liberty, Presbyterian Cemetery, The Kobert Place		Western end of KY 52 concurrency; 49 both ways
244.074392.799


 KY 55 Spur south (North Spalding Avenue) to KY 55 / South Spalding Avenue – Maxwell House, Visitor Center, Lebanon Civil War Park, Myrtledene		Northern terminus of KY 55 spur
245.087394.429
 KY 2154 north (Corporate Drive) / Sulphur Springs Road – Springfield		Southern terminus of KY 2154
245.924395.776
 KY 1404 north (Barbers Mill Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1404
​246.520396.735
 KY 1195 north (Shortline Pike)		Southern terminus of KY 1195
​255.199410.703
 KY 243 south (Gravel Switch Road) – Gravel Switch, Bradfordsville		Northern terminus of KY 243
Boyle​258.540416.080
 KY 34 east (Lebanon Road) – Lebanon		Western terminus of KY 34
​260.903419.883
 KY 1894 south (Brumfield Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1894
Perryville262.958423.190
 US 150 west (West 2nd Street) / North Buell Street – Perryville Battlefield State Park, Springfield		Western end of US 150 concurrency
236.067379.913


 US 150 east / KY 52 east (East 2nd Street) / KY 1856 south (South Bragg Street) – Danville		Eastern end of US 150 and KY 52 concurrencies; 52/150 continue east, 68 turns north
​266.181428.377
 KY 1941 north (Martin Lane)		Southern terminus of KY 1941
MercerNevada267.104429.862
 KY 1822 south (Quirks Run Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1822
​272.005437.750
 KY 1915 south (Dry Branch Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1915
Harrodsburg273.038439.412
 KY 152 west (Mooreland Avenue) – Springfield		Western end of KY 152 concurrency
273.340439.898
 US 127 south (South College Street) / Mooreland Avenue – Danville		Western end of US 127 concurrency
273.519440.186
 US 127 north (North College Street) / West Lexington Street – Lawrenceburg, Old Fort Harrod State Park		Eastern end of US 127 concurrency; 127 continues north, 68/152 turn east
273.935440.856
 KY 152 east (Cane Run Road) / Marimon Avenue – Herrington Lake, Burgin		Eastern end of KY 152 concurrency
274.879442.375
 US 127 Byp.
​276.402444.826
 KY 1343 north (Curry Pike)		Southern terminus of KY 1343
Pleasant Hill280.940452.129
 KY 33 south (Shakertown Road) – Burgin, Herrington Lake, Danville		Western end of KY 33 concurrency; Shaker Village on north side of intersection
Kentucky River286.481–
286.599		461.046–
461.236		Brooklyn Bridge
Jessamine​288.054463.578
 KY 33 north (Pekin Pike) – Versailles		Eastern end of KY 33 concurrency
​288.716464.643
 KY 1268 south (West Main Street) – Wilmore, Asbury University		Northern terminus of KY 1268
​290.905468.166
 KY 29 south (Lexington Road) / Cardinal Drive – Wilmore, Asbury University		Western end of KY 29 concurrency
​291.632469.336
 KY 29 north / Murphy Lane – Nicholasville		Eastern end of KY 29 concurrency
​293.757472.756 KY 169 (Keene Road) – Nicholasville
​295.837476.104 KY 3375 (Catnip Hill Road) – Springhouse Gardens
Brannon Woods297.615478.965
 KY 1980 east (Brannon Road) / West Brannon Road		Western terminus of KY 1980
FayetteLexington299.233481.569
 KY 1267 south (Keene Road) / Old Schoolhouse Lane		Northern terminus of KY 1267
300.234483.180Man o' War Boulevard
301.582–
301.748		485.349–
485.616
 KY 4 south (West New Circle Road)		Diverging diamond interchange; KY 4 exit 2
304.204489.569
 US 27 south (Virginia Avenue) / Red Mile Road – University of Kentucky		Western end of US 27 concurrency
304.758490.460


 KY 922 north (Oliver Lewis Way) to I-75 / I-64 / Bolivar Street		Southern terminus of KY 922
305.227491.215

 US 25 north / US 421 north (West Vine Street) – Ashland (Henry Clay estate), Cheapside Park
305.289491.315

 US 25 south / US 421 south (West Main Street)
307.242494.458 KY 4 (New Circle Road)
308.299–
308.430		496.159–
496.370		 I-75 / I-64 – Knoxville, AshlandInterchange. I-75/64 exit 112
310.820500.216
 KY 3367 east (Johnstown Road)		Western terminus of KY 3367
311.554501.398
 KY 1973 north (Iron Works Pike) / Mahmoud Lane		Western end of KY 1973 concurrency
313.053503.810
 KY 1973 south (Muir Station Road)		Eastern end of KY 1973 concurrency
Bourbon​315.680508.038
 KY 1939 north (Hutchison Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1939
Paris321.164516.863 KY 1939 (Bethlehem Road / Hume Bedford Pike)
321.324517.121

 US 68 Bus. east (South Main Street)		Western terminus of Paris business route; Bourbon Medical Center just northeast of intersection
322.872519.612 US 460 (Georgetown Road) – Paris, Georgetown
323.290520.285
 US 27 north (Cynthiana Road) – Cynthiana		Eastern end of US 27 concurrency
325.650524.083



 US 68 Bus. west (Millersburg Road) to US 460 east		Eastern terminus of Paris business route
325.731524.213
 KY 1940 north (Ruddles Mill Road) – Ruddels Mills		Southern terminus of KY 1940
​322.047518.284

 US 68 Bus. east (Millersburg Road) – Millersburg		Western terminus of Millersburg business route
​322.487518.993 KY 1893 (Millersburg-Ruddles Mill Road) – Ruddels Mills
Millersburg333.864537.302 KY 1879 (Millersburg-Cynthiana Road) – Cynthiana
Nicholas​334.471538.279

 US 68 Bus. west (Maysville Road) / South Johnson Road		Eastern terminus of Millersburg business route
​335.007539.142
 KY 386 south (Carpenter Pike)		Northern terminus of KY 386
​336.668541.815
 KY 648 west (Walnut Grove Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 648
​337.172542.626 KY 36 (Concrete Road/Old Maysville Road) – Cynthiana, Carlisle
​339.462546.311 KY 32 (Old Paris Road)
​340.499547.980
 KY 1244 north (Old Maysville Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1244
​340.726548.345
 KY 1455 south (Lake Road) – Lake Carnico, 4-H Camp, Carlisle		Western end of KY 1455 concurrency
​341.463549.531
 KY 1455 north (Mount Mariah Road)		Eastern end of KY 1455 concurrency
​343.709553.146
 KY 606 west (Suggs Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 606
​345.296555.700
 KY 1244 south (Old Maysville Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1244
Robertson​347.126558.645Main Park Road – Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park
​347.517559.274Main Park Road – Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park
​348.175560.333
 KY 165 north – Mount Olivet		Western end of KY 165 concurrency
Fleming​349.754562.875
 KY 2505 north (Mount Pleasant Road) / Willow Road		Southern terminus of KY 2505
​351.982566.460
 KY 165 south (Ewing Road) – Flemingsburg		Eastern end of KY 165 concurrency
Mason​355.852572.688
 KY 550 south (Metcalfe Mill Pike) / East Bolden Road		Northern terminus of KY 550
​357.517575.368
 KY 2517 north (Main Street)		Southern terminus of KY 2157; former routing of US 68
Mays Lick358.468576.898 KY 324 (Raymond Road) – Mayslick, Sardis, Wedonia
​358.953577.679
 KY 2517 south (Main Street) / Ross Road – Mayslick		Northern terminus of KY 2517; former routing of US 68
​359.871579.156
 KY 2514 north		Southern terminus of KY 2514
​361.599581.937
 KY 2514 south		Northern terminus of KY 2514
Maysville364.094585.952

 US 68 Bus. east – Washington		Western end of Maysville business route
367.608591.608

 AA Hwy (KY 9) south / KY 10 east – Maysville
368.005592.247

 AA Hwy (KY 9) north / KY 10 west – Brooksville
370.780596.713 KY 3056 (Germantown Road / Jersey Ridge Road)
371.548597.949 KY 8 (West 2nd Street) – Augusta, Dover, Maysvilleinterchange
Ohio River371.730–
372.142		598.241–
598.904		William H. Harsha Bridge
OhioBrownAberdeen0.4620.744

 US 52 east / US 62 west – Aberdeen		Southern end of concurrency with US 52 and US 62
Ripley6.21710.005
 US 52 west (South 2nd Street)		Northern end of US 52 concurrency
Jefferson Township11.67318.786
 US 62 east – Russellville		Northern end of US 62 concurrency
Pleasant Township16.65826.808
 SR 125 east – Russellville, West Union		Southern end of SR 125 concurrency
17.67828.450
 SR 125 west (East State Street) – Georgetown		Northern end of SR 125 concurrency
Georgetown20.64933.231Mt. Orab Pike (C-30A) – Georgetown Business District
Mount Orab27.93044.949
 SR 774 west / Oakland Road		Eastern terminus of SR 774
30.948–
31.041		49.806–
49.956		 SR 32 – Jackson, CincinnatiInterchange
Fivemile35.46257.071 SR 286
Chasetown39.28063.215 SR 131
Fayetteville41.08466.118 US 50 (East Pike Street / West Pike Street)
Perry Township44.47971.582 SR 123
ClintonJefferson Township46.39574.666
 SR 251 south		Northern temrinus of SR 251
50.37181.064 SR 28 – Blanchester, New Vienna, Martinsville
54.63987.933

 To SR 350 east – Beach, Marina
54.72088.063

 To SR 350 west – Clarksville
Wilmington59.99396.549
 SR 134 south		Southern end of SR 134 concurrency
60.69497.678
 SR 730 south		Northern terminus of SR 730
60.92798.053

 US 22 east / SR 3 east (West Main Street) – Wilmington College
61.01098.186

 US 22 west / SR 3 west (West Locust Street)
61.50198.976
 SR 134 north (North Lorish Avenue) / North South Street		Northern terminus of SR 134 concurrency
Union Township62.387–
62.516		100.402–
100.610

 SR 73 to I-71 south – Hillsboro, Waynesville		Interchange
Liberty Township66.143–
66.351		106.447–
106.782		 I-71 – Columbus, CincinnatiInterchange; I-71 exit 50
GreeneXenia77.166–
77.361		124.187–
124.500		 US 35 – Washington CH, DaytonInterchange
78.623126.531
 SR 380 south / South Miami Avenue		Southern end of SR 380 concurrency
78.994127.129
 US 35 Bus. (East Main Street/West Main Street) / US 42		Northern terminus of SR 380
Xenia Township82.759133.188
 SR 235 north (East Xenia Drive)		Southern terminus of SR 235
Yellow Springs88.173141.901
 Dayton Street to I-675
88.330142.153
 SR 343 east – Clifton
ClarkGreen Township91.311146.951West Blee Road (CR-794) – Springfield AirportFormer SR 794
Springfield Township93.829151.003Fairfield PikeAt-grade intersection; southern end of freeway
94.647–
95.041		152.320–
152.954		 I-70 – Columbus, DaytonInterchange;I-70 exits 52A/B
97.130–
98.215		156.316–
158.062		 US 40 / SR 4 – Springfield, DaytonInterchange; Exits 7A (east) and 7B (west)
98.545158.593 SR 41 – Troy, SpringfieldInterchange; Exit 8
Springfield101.684163.645
 SR 334 east (River Road) – Springfield		Interchange
Clark–Champaign
county line		Bowlusville104.835168.716County Line RoadInterchange; Exit 15
ChampaignUrbana Township106.342171.141Springfield-Urbana PikeAt-grade intersection; northern end of freeway
Urbana110.425177.712
 SR 55 west (Lewis B. Moore Drive)		Eastern terminus of SR 55
111.381179.250 US 36 / SR 29 (Miami Street / Scioto Street)Traffic circle; Mercy Health-Urbana Hospital to the east
Salem Township114.744184.663 SR 296
120.511193.944
 SR 507 east – Ohio Caverns
LoganWest Liberty121.655195.785 SR 245 (West Baird Street / East Baird Street)
Liberty Township123.211198.289
 SR 508 west		Eastern terminus of SR 508
Bellefontaine129.531208.460

 SR 47 east (North Madriver Street) / SR 540 east (East Sandusky Avenue)		Western terminus of SR 540; southern end of SR 47 west concurrency
68 turns west for a block
129.631208.621

 US 68 south / SR 47 west (West Sandusky Avenue) / North Main Street		End one-way; 68 south and 47 west to the west, 68 east turns back north
130.780–
130.949		210.470–
210.742		 US 33 – Marysville, Huntsville, Russells PointInterchange
McArthur Township135.547218.142
 SR 638 north		Southern terminus of SR 638
136.344219.424 SR 274
Rushcreek Township140.075225.429 SR 273
HardinKenton150.531242.256

 SR 53 north (East Espy Street) / SR 67 west (West Espy Street)		Southern end of SR 67 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 53
150.963242.951 SR 309 (Franklin Street)
151.029243.058
 SR 67 east (West Columbus Street)		Northern end of SR 67 concurrency
151.109243.186
 SR 31 south (West Carrol Street)		Northern terminus of SR 31
Blanchard Township156.887252.485
 SR 701 west		Eastern terminus of SR 701
Dunkirk160.506258.309 SR 81 (West Geneva Street / East Geneva Street)
HancockMadison Township163.537–
163.690		263.187–
263.434		 US 30 – Mansfield, Fort WayneInterchange
Arlington168.085270.507 SR 103 (East Main Cross Street / West Main Cross Street)
Findlay174.751281.234
 SR 15 east – Carey		Interchange
175.917283.111
 SR 15 west		Interchange;
178.099286.623Lima Avenue – Findlay, AirportInterchange; former US 25
178.434287.162
 I-75 / SR 15 north – Dayton, Toledo		Interchange
178.912287.931 I-75Route ends at I-75
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References

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